Talk:Exploited Trope

I've seen this variant being used in articles, and so I used it myself at Pepper&Carrot. Should such a usage link here?

Hm. I wonder if your example on Pepper&Carrot might not be an unusual implementation of Painting the Medium instead of exploiting Breaking the Fourth Wall.

Regarding your question, though... yeah, I suppose that most cases of "weaponizing" a trope -- the example that comes to my mind is a fanfic where a self-insert hero weaponized Wrong Genre Savvy -- would be exploiting the trope.

Anyone else want to weigh in on this?

CC: @Labster, @Robkelk, @QuestionableSanity, @Derivative, @SelfCloak, @GethN7

unusual implementation of Painting the Medium instead of exploiting Breaking the Fourth Wall.

Upon reflection, I agree. No character ever implies the audience exists or is even aware there might be another world (aside from pocket dimensions mentioned in a couple episodes). The mentioned episode definitely seems more like Painting the Medium (even if the characters wouldn't be familiar with the medium in question). I'll edit the page.

I didn't even know we had this trope... (goes and reads it)

Yes, I agree that weaponizing a trope counts as exploiting it - especially when the exploiter is Dangerously Genre Savvy. On fact, I'd say that weaponizing a trope makes somebody Dangerously Genre Savvy, although it isn't the only path to that status.

<nod> In fact, I think I'll add words to that effect on the relevant pages if they're not already there.